Paul Avila Mayer (May 28, 1928 – July 10, 2009) was an American television writer and producer.
[1][2] He was married to actress and comedian Sasha Von Scherler, born Alexandra-Xenia Elizabeth Anne Marie Fiesola von Schoeler,[3] who died in 2000 of lung disease,[4] the daughter[5] of a flapper,[6] disciple of David Belasco,[3] and actress, Ruth Hooper (née Dayton) von Schoeler Litscher, and a Prussian baron, Walram-Voystingus Albert Alexander von Schoeler.
[7] Mayer was nominated for ten Daytime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, for his work on Ryan's Hope.
According to an interview with co-creator Claire Labine, after the show's cancellation in 1989, Mayer went back to school at the age of 56.
He earned a Master of Social Work degree and then studied at a psychoanalytic institute, launching a successful career as a psychoanalyst.